Yara Authoring
Yara Authoring allows you to create and manage custom YARA rules for malware detection, streamlining security analysis and improving threat identification.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add yara-authoring npx -- -y @trustedskills/yara-authoring
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"yara-authoring": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/yara-authoring"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill enables AI agents to author YARA rules. YARA is a tool used to identify and classify malware samples based on textual or binary patterns. The agent can create these rules, allowing for automated threat detection and analysis.
When to use it
- Automated Malware Analysis: Generate YARA rules from newly discovered malware samples to quickly propagate detections across systems.
- Threat Hunting: Create custom YARA rules based on specific Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to proactively search for threats within a network.
- Security Research: Develop and refine YARA rules for research purposes, such as identifying new malware families or variants.
- Incident Response: Quickly generate rules to identify related files during an active security incident.
Key capabilities
- YARA rule generation
- Malware identification based on textual/binary patterns
- Automated threat detection
Example prompts
- "Create a YARA rule for malware that uses the string 'evil_function'."
- "Generate a YARA rule to detect files with a specific PE header magic number."
- “Write a YARA rule based on these hex values: 4D 5A…”
Tips & gotchas
Requires familiarity with YARA syntax and malware analysis concepts for effective rule creation. The agent's output should be reviewed and tested before deployment to ensure accuracy and avoid false positives.
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